Sunday, May 10, 2020

REGARDING TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF POST OFFICES AND EXEMPTION FOR
ATTENDING THE POST OFFICES TO OFFICIALS/OFFICERS IN HOTSPOT AREAS AND HIGH
CONTAINMENT ZONES OF MAHARASHTRA CIRCLE DURING LOCKDOWN 3.00 AND UNPRECEDENTED
SITUATION OF COVID-19.

Sub: Regarding
temporary closure of Post offices and exemption for attending the Post offices
to officials/officers in Hotspot areas and High containment Zones of
Maharashtra Circle during lockdown 3.00 and unprecedented situation of
COVID-19- Request for personal intervention & immediate positive
directives.

Sir,

Your
kind attention is invited to the outbreak of pandemic COVID-19 in Maharashtra
Circle as well as Mumbai/Pune/Malegaon like hay fire. Already more than 20,000
infected cases have been reported in Maharashtra Circle in which more than
15,000 positive cases are from Mumbai/Pune/Malegaon with more than 5000
hotspots and High Containment Zones till this date. Now many references have
been received from Maharashtra Circle and it is very unfortunate to inform that
five COVID-19 positive cases of Postal employees from Mumbai, Dhule including
two deaths have been reported in Maharashtra Circle which are
self-explanatory and showing the gravity of preventive measures.

Directorate
have already exempted the officials/officers in Delhi/NCR from attending the
offices in containment Zones vide Dte.No. AD-91/10/2020-Admin dtd. 28/04/2020.
But still the Postal employees in Maharashtra Circle are rendering essential
services and travelling during lockdown in fatal conditions which will invite
more infections and deaths in such hayfire of Novel Corona virus.

Your kind honour is therefore,
requested to consider the serious gravity of spread of pandemic COVID-19 during
lockdown 3.00 and issue necessary instructions / orders to all the concerned
authorities of Maharashtra Circle as well as Mumbai/Pune/Malegaon to close the
Post offices temporarily and exempt the officials/officers from attending the
duties in Hotspot areas and High containment Zones of Maharashtra Circle as well as
Mumbai/Pune/Malegaon with immediate effect.